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Adnan Syed, who was the subject of the groundbreaking crime podcast "Serial," is requesting a sentence reduction so he can remain free as he fights his murder conviction, his legal team said Monday. "Having failed to produce new evidence and without any acknowledgment of guilt by Mr. Syed, Syed’s attorneys now seek mercy, arguing that Mr. Syed is not a danger to the public. The high court did not order Syed incarcerated, but his legal team remains concerned about whether that could happen. The same institution that secured a murder conviction, the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office, successfully filed to vacate Syed's conviction. Syed remains a murder convict as his legal team seeks to have his conviction vacated anew.
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Adnan Syed’s Murder Conviction Reinstated
  + stars: | 2023-03-28 | by ( Talal Ansari | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Adnan Syed’s conviction in the fatal strangling of Hae Min Lee had been vacated and he was released from prison in 2022. Adnan Syed ’s murder conviction was reinstated by a Maryland appellate court, less than a year after a Baltimore Circuit judge vacated his conviction in the 1999 death of Hae Min Lee , a case that drew national attention on the hit podcast “Serial.”The Appellate Court of Maryland said in an opinion Tuesday the lower court judge had violated the rights of the Lee family when Young Lee , the victim’s brother, wasn’t given enough time to attend a hearing in person last year. Mr. Lee, who lived in California, instead attended the hearing remotely.
March 28 (Reuters) - A Maryland appeals court on Tuesday reinstated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, who was found guilty of the 1999 killing of his former girlfriend in a case that drew attention after the podcast "Serial" raised doubts about his guilt. After an investigation identified problems with the case, a circuit court judge last year vacated Syed's conviction in the murder of Hae Min Lee and ordered his release. The podcast "Serial," produced by Chicago public radio station WBEZ, drew national attention to the case in 2014. Prosecutors filed a motion last September to vacate the conviction after conducting a yearlong investigation alongside a public defender representing Syed. Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Melissa Phinn subsequently ordered Syed to be released from prison, where he was serving a life sentence.
Oct 11 (Reuters) - Baltimore prosecutors on Tuesday dropped their case against a man found guilty of the 1999 killing of his ex-girlfriend in a case that drew national attention after the podcast "Serial" raised doubts about his guilt. Adnan Syed, 42, served more than 20 years in prison for the slaying of Hae Min Lee. read moreOn Tuesday, the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City said in an email that it had dropped the case against Syed. The podcast "Serial," produced by Chicago public radio station WBEZ, drew national attention to the case in 2014. Prosecutors filed a motion on Sept. 15 to vacate the conviction after conducting a yearlong investigation alongside a public defender representing Syed.
A Baltimore Circuit judge vacated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed for his alleged involvement in the 1999 death of Hae Min Lee , a case that drew national attention on the hit podcast “Serial.”The state’s attorney for Baltimore City asked the court last week to vacate Mr. Syed’s first-degree murder conviction for the fatal strangling of Ms. Lee, saying a nearly yearlong investigation had revealed new evidence.
Adnan Syed, whose case was chronicled in the podcast ‘Serial,’ exits the courthouse after a judge vacated his 2000 murder conviction. A Baltimore Circuit judge vacated the murder conviction of Adnan Syed for his alleged involvement in the 1999 death of Hae Min Lee , a case that drew national attention on the hit podcast “Serial.”At a hearing Monday in Baltimore’s Circuit Court, Judge Melissa Phinn vacated Mr. Syed’s first-degree murder conviction for the fatal strangling of Ms. Lee, an 18-year-old high-school student and his ex-girlfriend.
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